Anchor for tape-lines.



No. 856,938. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

h c. J. BELLER. .ANGHOR FOR TAPE LINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14. 1907.

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CHARLES JOHN BELLER, OF BEDFORD, OIl-HO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'lO JOHN BELLER, OF

CLEVELAND, OI llO.

ANCHOR FOR TAPE-LINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1 l, 1907.

Application filed February 14, 1907. Serial No. 357,424.

To (tZZ whom it 172 001 concern.-

Be it known that l, CHARLES Joux Bin.- LEn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bedford, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anchors for Tape- Lines; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to anchors for tapelines. and the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts substantially as shown and described and particu larly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention in connection with a piece of tapeli.ne, and a cross section of a fixture engaged thereby. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the device and a piece of tape-line attached thereto and showing the device in a position adapted to make engagement with a fixture when the line is drawn taut, as in Fig. 1. perspective view of the device and a piece of tape-line shown in position to make engage- 3 ment or disengagement therewith.

The idea of this invention is to provide means for mechanically and automatically engaging the end of a tape-line with any fixed object to be measured, or fromany fixed point from which measurement is to be made, and the device is so constructed that it will automatically and fixedly engage itself with such object, so that there need be no one to hold the tapelinc at that end, but the device will do the holding and the persons using the tape can go on taking the measurement as if the line were held by hand. Said device is also shown as reversible or invertible according as engagement is to be made with one object or another as will appear farther along.

Now, referring again to the drawings, A represents the tape line and a the usual loop or hand grip at the end thereof.

B and C respectively, represent the anchor so called.

B is a sheet metal plate having a key-hole 3) adapted to insert the loop a of the tape, and O is a metallic counterweight anchoring member of tubular outline in this instance Fig. 3 is a 1 l and provided with a threaded stem c which screws through the outer end of plate B and is securely lixcd thereon by a nut l ongagcd ovcrsaid spindle and provided with an annular groove or channel (I at its base of a depth corresponding substantially to the thickness of loop (1 on the tape-line, so that when the tapc-linc is to be fastened to the anchor it is drawn through key-hole Z) in plate B and laid fiat down upon said plate with its outer edge in channel (I of the said nut. Then, as the nut is tightened it both grips this loop and holds it firmly and also fastens the weighted anchor part (l to the plate. This unifies the anchor and the tape and makes the device operative. In this place from which measurement is to be taken and depend upon the device finding its proper position and relation at the starting point of measurement b vits own gravity and thus fixing that end of the linepractically the same as if it were held by an individual and which without this device would require an individual to hold it if this or other sullicient j anchorage were not provided. It will be seen therefore, that this is a labor saving device, enabling one man to do what otherwise would require two men to do and doing the work with mechanical precision which might not be the case with an individual holding the loop a.

.l ti will be noticed that the loop necessarily must sustain a fixed and definite relation to the anchor so that when the tape is drawn taut, as'in Fig. 1, from the position shown in full lines, Fig. 2, the loop is held in exactly the same relation in all cases and there can be no deviation from that position as long as it remains fastened to the anchor.

In case there be no fixed object with a shoulder or olf-set with which the anchor can make engagement as herein shown, the anchor can be reversed and the sharpened point e of stem (1 can be driven into wood or any other firm but yielding material that will receive such point and the measurement will then proceed as in the other instance.

By threading the tape thrmigh the free end of plate B and fastening it by nut .l) 1 get a dtnvnward pull on said plate which rights the branch or leg O of the device and brings the loop of the tape to just the right place to be condition, a party can toss the anchor to the gin the measuring. Leg C is a counterweight which will keep the anchor in right working relations.

W'h at I claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture, an anchor for tape lines having two separable portions at right angles to each other and one portion constructed with a hole to thread a tape line through its outer end, and the other portion constructed at one end to counterweight the anchor below the drawing line of the tape and having its opposite end pointed.

An anchor for tape-lines consisting of a flat top piece provided with a hole to enter the tape-line and a part depending at right angles from its other end having a threaded stem, and a nut engaging said stem and 1 ching said parts together.

3. A tape-line having a loop at its end, an anchor comprising a top piece adapted to thread the tape-line through the free end thereof, a right angled part having a threaded stem entered from beneath through said piece and a nut on said stem adapted to look said parts together and to engage said loop on the tapedine.

4. As a new article of manufacture, an anchor for tape-lines having two parts separably secured together at right angles to each other, one of said parts constructed. to make engagement with a fixed object and provided with a threaded stem and the other part constructed to thread the tape-line through the same and engaged on said stem.

5 The tape-line having a loop at its end, in combination with an anchor plate having a hole in one end through which said loop is threaded, a stem through the opposite end of said plate having one end threaded and a nut on said threaded portion adapted to bear upon and fasten said loop.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES JOHN BELLER.

d itnessesz R. B. Mosnn, F. C. Mossun. 

